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Essential First Aid Guidelines and Tips

First aid is the immediate care given to someone who is injured or suddenly becomes ill, with the goals of saving lives, lessening suffering, and preventing further injuries. It involves checking the scene and victim for safety, calling for help, calming the victim, and providing care like controlling bleeding until emergency medical services arrive. Basic first aid techniques include placing an unconscious person in the recovery position, applying pressure to stop bleeding, cleaning and covering wounds, and knowing normal pulse rates for people of different ages.

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Topics covered

  • Square Gauze,
  • First Aid Training,
  • First Aid for Neck Injuries,
  • Objectives of First Aid,
  • First Aid for Choking,
  • First Aid for Infants,
  • Medical Assistance,
  • First Aid for Asthma,
  • First Aid for Stings,
  • First Aid for Leg Injuries
213 views26 pages

Essential First Aid Guidelines and Tips

First aid is the immediate care given to someone who is injured or suddenly becomes ill, with the goals of saving lives, lessening suffering, and preventing further injuries. It involves checking the scene and victim for safety, calling for help, calming the victim, and providing care like controlling bleeding until emergency medical services arrive. Basic first aid techniques include placing an unconscious person in the recovery position, applying pressure to stop bleeding, cleaning and covering wounds, and knowing normal pulse rates for people of different ages.

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Topics covered

  • Square Gauze,
  • First Aid Training,
  • First Aid for Neck Injuries,
  • Objectives of First Aid,
  • First Aid for Choking,
  • First Aid for Infants,
  • Medical Assistance,
  • First Aid for Asthma,
  • First Aid for Stings,
  • First Aid for Leg Injuries
  • Introduction to First Aid: Defines first aid, its purposes, and the role of a first aider.
  • Objectives of First Aid: Lists and illustrates key objectives of first aid such as saving lives and promoting quick recovery.
  • Basic Positions and Principles: Explains the recovery position and principles for applying first aid, including posture and actions.
  • Do's and Don'ts in First Aid Care: Lists the proper and improper actions during first aid provision.
  • First Aid Techniques: Discusses respiratory aid and artificial respiration methods with illustrations.
  • Types of Wounds and First Aid: Explains different wound types and corresponding first aid treatments for each.
  • Bandaging Techniques: Details on different types of bandages and their applications in wound care.
  • Burn Treatment: Instructions for handling and treating different degrees of burns, including chemical and electrical burns.
  • Lifting and Carrying a Casualty: Illustrates methods for safely lifting and carrying a casualty alone or with assistance to prevent injury.
  • Fracture Management: Provides a definition of fractures and outlines key symptoms and emergency treatments involved.
  • Emergency Response Actions: Lists ten crucial actions to take during an emergency situation.
  • Practical Application Exercise: Exercise to reinforce the knowledge through matching definitions related to first aid.
  • Acknowledgements: Final page expressing gratitude and closing remarks.

What is First Aid?

It is the immediate
assistance given to a
casualty or a victim of
sudden illness before
taken to health units.

Anyone who gives first aid is a first aider.


Objectives of First Aid
1. To save lives.
2. To lessen suffering
3. To prevent further injuries.
4. To control bleeding.
5. To promote quick recovery.
Recovery position
4 Principles of First Aid- 4 C’s

Call for help


Calmly take charge
Check the scene and casualty
Carefully apply the first aid
DO’s and DON’TS in FIRST AID care
Do’s in Giving First Aid Don’ts in Giving First Aid
1. Stay Calm. 1. Before handling casualty wear
2. Comfort the victim gloves and face mask.
2. Don’t give food and drink to
3. Turn the face toward
an unconscious person.
side, if there is
3. Don’t move an injured person
vomiting.
unless need to place him/her
4. Do loosen any tight in recovery position.
clothing. 4. Never apply bandages too
5. Keep the victim tight, so as to stop blood
covered to reduce circulation.
shocks. 5. Never prescribe medicine and
6. Call an ambulance. Never declare death.
NORMAL PULSE RATE

60-70 Men
70-80 Women
80-90 Children over 7 years old
80-120 Children 1-7 years old
110-130 Infants
CHECKING FOR VITAL SIGNS
A. Pulse rate
• Use you finger tips in getting the
pulse.
1. Place the finger tip over an
artery where it either crosses a
bone close to the skin.
2. The pulse maybe taken in
different points like:
CHECKING FOR VITAL SIGNS
B. Temperature
• Body temperature is measures by using a thermometer.
Thermometer is an instrument used for measuring body temperature.
Oral thermometer is when the
mouth is used to take your
temperature. 

A rectal thermometer is a
thermometer that is inserted in the
rectum to check the body's internal
temperature. 

A tympanic thermometer, or ear


thermometer, is a hand-held device that
measures the temperature of the
eardrum using an infrared sensor.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOUNDS
FIRST AID FOR MINOR WOUND

1. Cover the wound with a clean cloth.


2. Raise limb above the heart.
3. Rinse wound with water.
4. Apply antibiotic.
5. Cover with sterile bandage.
FIRST AID FOR BLEEDING
Cover the wound with sterile
gauze or a clean cloth. Press
on it firmly with the palm of
your hand until bleeding
stops.

But don't press on an


eye injury or embedded
object. Don't press on a
head wound if you
suspect a skull fracture.
Bandages  is a strip of fabric used especially
to cover, dress, and bind up wounds. 

1. A Gauze Bandage is a thin,


woven fabric medical bandage 2. An adhesive bandage is a
used for wound protection with small, flexible sheet of
highly absorbent material that material which is sticky on
ensures absorption of blood and one side, with a smaller, non-
other secretions from the site of a sticky, absorbent pad stuck to
wound of injury. the sticky side.
3. Tubular Bandages are
an elasticized support
bandage, ideal for the
effective management of
strains, sprains and soft
tissue

4. Square Gauze is a type of


thin medical fabric with a
loose open weave used in
wound care.
FIRST AID BURN
Normal Pulse Rate
60-70 Men
70-80 Women
80-90 Children over 7 years old
80-120 Children 1-7 years old
110-130 Infants
A fracture is a broken
bone. It requires medical
attention. If the broken
bone is the result of
major trauma or injury,
call 117 or your local
emergency number.
Top 10 things to do in case of an emergency.
1. Shout for HELP!
2. Survey the scene and assess the situation.
3. Determine if the accident warrants a visit to the nearest
hospital.
4. If you are certified in CPR and the victim needs it, begin CPR
right away.
5. Stop bleeding, if there’s any.
6. Treat any symptoms of shock.
7. Look for the medical alert tag in every victim.
8. Seek trained medical assistance.
9. Never give anything by mouth to unconscious victim.
10. Wait for medical professional to arrived.
Seat work #1

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